Just about everybody who uses Portland streets will notice a change -- safer intersections, new bike boulevards, better traffic signals and fewer potholes -- but city residents and businesses will pay a premium for it.

A new tax headed for city approval will raise $464 million over 15 years for street safety and
maintenance projects. Here's some of what it would buy:

Most of the money, about $340 million, would go for pavement, fixing every major street in Portland.